Kentron (destrict)

Kentron (Armenie: Կենտրոն, meanin "centre" ) is a destrict o Yerevan, the caipital o Armenie. It comprises the dountoun, the commercial centre o the ceety. As o the 2011 estimate, the destrict haes a population o 131,000. It is bordered bi Ajapnyak an Malatia-Sebastia destricts frae the wast, Shengavit an Erebuni destricts frae the sooth, Nor Nork destrict frae the east an Arabkir an Kanaker-Zeytun destricts frae the north. Hrazdan River flows throu the wastren pairt o the destrict.

Kentron Կենտրոն
Panorama o the Kentron Destrict frae the Haypost biggin.
Kentron destrict shown in red
Kintra	Armenie
Marz (Province)	Yerevan
Area
• Total	14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Elevation	995 m (3,264 ft)
Population  (2011 est.)
• Total	131,000
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

The destrict is commonly dividit intae sax smawer neebourheids: Pokr Kentron, Noragyugh, Nor Kilikia, Aygestan, Kond an Dzoragyugh. Kond is ane o the auldest quairters o Yerevan.

Kentron is hame tae maist o the govrenmental biggins: the Presidential Palace, the Naitional Assembly o Armenie, the Central Bank o Armenie, the Naitional Security Service an maist o the meenistries.

Streets, squares an pairks

• Main streets:
  • Abovyan Street
  • Northern Avenue
  • Mashtots Avenue
  • Sayat-Nova Avenue
  • Mikael Nalbandian street
  • Marshal Baghramyan Avenue
  • Saralanj Avenue
  • Aghasi Khanjian street
  • Yeghishe Charents street
  • Tigran Mets Avneue
  • Hovhannes Tumanyan street
  • Moskovian street
  • Grigor Lusavorich street
  • Italia street
  • Argishti street
  • Vazgen Sargsyan street
  • Vardanants street
  • Pertch Proshian street
  • Amiryan street

Place de France

• Squares:
  • Republic Square
  • Freedom Square
  • Charles Aznavour square
  • Andrei Sakharov square
  • Square of Roushie
  • Place de France
  • Stepan Shahumyan square

Poplavok

• Pairks:
  • Inglis pairk
  • Childer's pairk
  • Abovyan Children's pairk an railwey
  • Tsitsernakaberd pairk
  • Youth Circular pairk
  • Lovers' pairk
  • Poplavok
  • Moscovian Garden
  • Martiros Saryan Garden
  • Komitas Garden
  • Yerevan 2750t Anniversary pairk

Religious biggins an historical steids

Surb Zoravor Kirk

• Religious buildings:
  • Surb Zoravor Kirk
  • Saint Sarkis Cathedral
  • Katoghike Kirk
  • Saint John the Baptist Church
  • Saint Gregory Cathedral
  • Blue Mosque
  • Armenian Evangelical Kirk o Armenie
• Historical steids:
  • Kond neebourheid
  • Yerevan Reid Bridge o the 17t century

Education an cultur

Kentron destrict is the educational an cultural centre o Yerevan.

Yerevan Medical University

• The destrict is hame tae mony varsities an academies:
  • Yerevan state university o airchitectur an construction
  • Yerevan State University
  • Yerevan State Musical Conservatory
  • Armenian State Pedagogical University
  • Yerevan State Medical University
  • State Engineering University of Armenia
  • Yerevan State Linguistic University
  • American University of Armenia
  • Armenian State University of Economics
  • Armenian National Academy of Sciences

• Kentron is hame tae a nummer o important cultural institutions:
  • National Library of Armenia
  • National Gallery of Armenia
  • Yerevan Opera Theater
  • Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
  • Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre
  • Stanislavski Russian Theatre
  • Komitas Chamber Music Hall
  • Arno Babajanian concert hall
  • Museum-Institute of Auncient Manuscripts
  • History Museum of Armenia
  • Cafesjian Museum of Art
  • Yerevan History Museum
  • The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
  • Sergei Parajanov Museum
  • House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
  • Khnko Aper Children's Library
  • Center of Contemporary Experimental Art

Industrie

• Industrial plants:
  • Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
  • Yerevan Brandy Company
  • Jermuk Group Mineral Water Factory
  • Electro House ingineerin factory

Sports

Yerevan Chess House

• Hrazdan Stadium
• Republican Stadium
• Karen Demirchyan Complex
• Orange Tennis Courts
• Dinamo Sports Hall
• FC Pyunik trainin grund
• Yerevan Chess House

Entertainment an recreation

• Yerevan Circus
• Yerevan Cascade
• Tashir Mall
• Moscow Cinema
• Yerevan Vernissage o airt exhibition

Transportation

• The destrict is servit bi a public transport netwirk o buses an trolleybuses.
• The Yerevan underground metro haes 4 stations in the Kentron destrict:
  • Marshal Baghramyan station
  • Yeritasardakan station
  • Republic Square station
  • General Andranik station

References

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie

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